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Afghan Engineers
Afghan or Afgan may refer to: Related to Afghanistan *Afghans, historically refers to the Pashtun people. It is both an ethnicity and nationality. Ethnicity wise, it refers to the Pashtuns. In modern terms, it means both the citizens of Afghanistan and Afghans, a country in Central Asia (of any ethnicity) **Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pashtun ethnicity **Ethnic groups in Afghanistan, people of various ethnicities that are nationally Afghan * Afghan (biscuit) * Afghan (blanket) * Afghan coat * Afghan cuisine * Afghan Hound, a dog breed originating in parts of Afghanistan and the surrounding regions * Afghan rug * Afghanistan - shortened colloquial name in the Russosphere for the country during the Soviet-Afghan war People Given name * Afghan Muhammad (died 1648), Afghan khan in modern-day Russia Surname * Sediq Afghan (born 1958), Afghan philosopher * Asghar Afghan (born 1987), former Afghan cricketer * Azad Khan Afghan (died 1781) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghans
Afghans (; ) are the citizens and nationals of Afghanistan, as well as their descendants in the Afghan diaspora. The country is made up of various ethnic groups, of which Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks are the largest. The three main languages spoken among the Afghan people are Dari, Pashto, and Southern Uzbek language, Uzbek. Historically, the term "Afghan" Afghan (ethnonym), was a Pashtun ethnonym, but later came to refer to all people in the country, regardless of their ethnicity. Etymology The earliest mention of the name ''Afghan'' (''Abgân'') is by Shapur I of the Sassanid Empire during the 3rd century CE, In the 4th century, the word "Afghans/Afghana" (αβγανανο) as reference to the Pashtun people is mentioned in the Bactrian documents found in Northern Afghanistan. The word 'Afghan' is of Persian language, Persian origin and refers to the Pashtun people. Some scholars suggest that the word "Afghan" is derived from the words ''awajan/apajan'' in Avestan an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sediq Afghan
Sediq Afghan ( Dari: ) is an Afghan mathematician and political activist. He is the founder and head of the World Philosophical Math Research Center in Kabul, Afghanistan. He had a prominent role in protests in Kabul about Afghanistan- and Islam-related issues, including an anti-American protest in 2003, Reuters (2003First Anti-American Protest Held in Afghan Capital News article posted at CommonDreams.org, accessed on 2010-02-01. a hunger strike to protest beatings of journalists by Afghan security officers in 2006, and another one to protest the 2008 Danish Muhammad cartoons. In June 2023, reports appeared in the media that Sediq Afghan predicted "catastrophe with global consequences" to occur on July 17, 2023. Education * From 1960 to 1965 student in Sultan Ghayasuddin School, Mazar-e-Sharif. * From 1965 to 1970 student in Mir Bacha Khan High School, Kabul. * From 1970 to 1973 student in Qala-e-Moraad Beek High School, Kabul. * From 1973 to 1976 student in Ansari- High S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghan (other)
Ghan or ''variation'', may refer to: Places * Ghan, Northern Territory, a locality in Australia * Ghan towns, a name sometimes used for settlements of Afghan cameleers in Australia People * Ghans, a name sometimes used for Afghan cameleers in Australia * Emiliano Ghan (born 1995) Uruguayan soccer player Fictional characters * Ghân-buri-Ghân (aka ''Ghân''), a character from J.R.R.Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'' Rail * The Ghan, an Australian passenger train service * ''The Old Ghan'', an informal name for the former Central Australia Railway *''Old Ghan'', a steam train tourist service in Australia - see Pichi Richi Railway * Old Ghan Heritage Railway and Museum, a railway museum in Alice Springs, Central Australia Central Australia, also sometimes referred to as the Red Centre, is an inexactly defined region associated with the geographic centre of Australia. In its narrowest sense it describes a region that is limited to the town of Alice Springs and .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghani (other)
Afghani may refer to: * Afghan afghani, the official currency of Afghanistan ** An '' Afghan'', a person or thing of, from, or related to Afghanistan (although this usage is viewed as improper) * al-Afghani, a ''nisba'' denoting a person from Afghanistan * Pashto language Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ... * Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Muslim nationalist and modernist in the late 19th century * Jamila Afghani, Afghan feminist and women's rights activist * Sajjad Afghani, Pakistani militant * Kevin Afghani, voice actor and current voice of Mario, Luigi, and Wario See also * * * Afghan (other) * Ghani (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghan Girl
''Afghan Girl'' is a 1984 photographic portrait of Sharbat Gula, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan during the Soviet–Afghan War. The photograph, taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry near the Pakistani city of Peshawar, appeared on the June 1985 cover of '' National Geographic''. While the portrait's subject initially remained unknown, she was identified by early 2002: Gula, an ethnic Pashtun from Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province, was a 12-year-old child residing in Pakistan's Nasir Bagh. In light of the Cold War, the portrait was described as the "First World's Third World ''Mona Lisa''" in reference to the 16th-century painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci. Gula's image became "emblematic" in some social circles as the "refugee girl/woman located in some distant camp" that was deserving of compassion from the Western viewer, and also as a symbol of Afghanistan to the West. CNN called it the 'world's most famous photograph'. Cover photo for ''National Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghan Breakdown
''Afghan Breakdown'' (, translit. Afganskiy Izlom) is a 1991 war drama film about the Soviet–Afghan War directed by Vladimir Bortko and co-produced by Italy and the Soviet Union ( Lenfilm). Michele Placido plays the protagonist, Major Bandura, a commander of a unit of Soviet paratroopers, co-starring with several popular Soviet actors. Director Vladimir Bortko invited Mikhail Leshchinskiy (a Soviet TV war reporter who worked in Afghanistan for 4.5 years) as a co-writer and visited Kabul and Kandahar in 1988 to research on the ground. at The Pages of the Afghan History website (in Russian) Plot The events unfold just before the start of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1988. Lieutenant ''Steklov'', son of a high-ranking General, is assigned to Afghanistan, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghan, Iran
Afghan (, also Romanized as Āfghān) is a village in Kambel-e Soleyman Rural District, in the Central District of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... At the 2006 census, its population was 134, in 27 families. References Populated places in Chabahar County {{Chabahar-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghan (Australia)
Afghan cameleers in Australia, also known as "Afghans" () or "Ghans" (), were camel drivers who worked in Outback Australia from the 1860s to the 1930s. Small groups of cameleers were shipped in and out of Australia at three-year intervals, to service the Australian inland pastoral industry by carting goods and transporting wool bales by camel trains. They were commonly referred to as "Afghans", even though the majority of them originated from the far western parts of British India, primarily the North-West Frontier Province and Balochistan (now Pakistan), which was inhabited by ethnic Pashtuns (historically known as Afghans) and Balochs. Nonetheless, many were from Afghanistan itself as well. In addition, there were also some with origins in Egypt and Turkey.Afghan cameleers in Australia [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Afghan
''The Afghan'' is a 2006 thriller novel by British writer Frederick Forsyth. Plot summary A joint operation by MI6, the CIA, and Pakistan's ISI against al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan uncovers documents concerning a planned terrorist attack codenamed " al-Isra". The cryptic nature of the codename triggers further investigations authorised at the most senior level. Now eager to learn more about al Qaeda's plans for al-Isra, MI6 and CIA scramble to find out information through their various contacts, including inserting an operative close enough into the terror network's confidence. Middle Eastern scholar Dr. Terry Martin, who is part of a special committee studying the Koran for references to al-Isra, accidentally mentions that his elder brother Mike, a retired Paras and SAS officer, can pass for an Afghan native; Mike's chestnut-brown complexion, which he inherited from his mother and maternal grandmother, is indeed a perfect match. The elder Martin also has a near-per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afgan (singer)
Afgansyah Reza (born 27 May 1989), better known by his mononym Afgan, is an Indonesian singer and actor, known for his pop music, pop and Contemporary R&B, R&B songs. Early life and education Afgansyah Reza was born on 27 May 1989 in Jakarta, into a Muslim musical family of Minangkabau people, Minangkabau origin, although he never had any vocal training. He is the second of four children of Loyd Yahya and Lola Purnama. He has a Bachelor's in Economics from Monash University. Career Afgan's career started when he and a group of friends decided to record a private album at Wanna B Instant Recording Studio. Impressed by his singing, the producers at the studio offered him a contract.. His first album, ''Confession No.1'', was a mix of jazz, pop, and Contemporary R&B, R&B influences and included tracks, such as "Terima Kasih Cinta", "Klise", "Sadis", and "Tanpa Batas Waktu". A music video for the song "Terima Kasih Cinta" was produced by Thalita Latief and directed by Jose Purno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azad Khan Afghan
Azād Khān Afghān ( Persian, ), or Azād Shāh Afghān () (died 1781), was a Pashtun military commander and a major contender for supremacy in western Iran after the death of Nader Shah Afshar in 1747.Perry, J. R. (1987), "Āzād Khan Afḡān", in: ''Encyclopædia Iranica'', Vol. III, Fasc. 2, pp. 173-174Online(Accessed February 20, 2012). Azad rose to power between 1752 and 1757, and had his power base in the Azarbaijan region (at various points in his career occupying parts of Central and Western Iran, as well as Kurdistan and Gilan). Azad was a contemporary of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the Durrani Empire. Early life career Azad was born in Andar town in the east of Ghazni, Afghanistan, into the Suleiman Khēl clan of the Ghilji Pashtun confederacy. He was reportedly a descendant of Mirwais Hotak. He joined Nader Shah's army around 1738 and took part in his campaigns in India and Iran. At the time of Nader's murder, he was second-in-command to Amir Aslan Kha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asghar Afghan
Mohammad Asghar Afghan (; born Mohammad Asghar Stanikzai) is an Afghan former cricketer who had captained the Afghanistan national cricket team. Asghar is a right-handed batsman and a medium-fast bowler. In May 2018, he was named as the captain of Afghanistan, for their inaugural Test match, against India. He made his Test debut, against India, on 14 June 2018. On 2 August 2018, he changed his last name from Stanikzai to Afghan. In April 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) dropped him as captain of the Afghanistan team across all three formats. However, in December 2019, the ACB reappointed Asghar Stanikzai as the captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all formats. In March 2021, during the series against Zimbabwe, Afghan played in his 50th T20I as Afghanistan's captain. In May 2021, he was sacked as the national team captain. In October 2021, ahead of Afghanistan's match against Namibia in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Afghan announced his retirement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
